INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH

REVIEW TERMS

• Multilateralism
• Diplomacy
• General Assembly
• Topics of Discussion
• Delegate
• Member State
• Resolution
IF YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO
SPEAK TO LEADERS AT THE
UNITED NATIONS, WHAT
WOULD YOU SAY?
1. WHAT TOPIC WOULD YOU TALK
ABOUT? WHAT MATTERS
TO YOU?

2. WHY SHOULD DELEGATES LISTEN TO

YOU?
 WHY DOES RESEARCH MATTER?

• Good research is the foundation of success

• You will continue to do research throughout your
academic and professional careers
• Research is essential to forming strong, fact-based
arguments
• Position Papers!
 GLOBAL CLASSROOMS RESEARCH

• Research will be a important component of Global Classrooms

• You will have to research in order to:

• Learn as much as you can about the assigned topic and issues
• Learn as much as you can about your assigned country
• Learn about the issues that affect the world today
• Learn about the point of views of other cultures and countries

But HOW do you start?

 WHAT IS THE RESEARCH
PROCESS?

• Research involves:

• Brainstorming about what facts we

want to know and what questions we
want to answer
• Finding credible sources that will
help us find our answers
• Intensely reading and exploring
those sources
• Producing something new from
your source(s)
STEP 1. QUESTIONS!
 RESEARCH TOPIC: PIZZA

• What is the definition of pizza? What

makes a pizza?
• What is the origin of pizza? What is
its history?
• How has pizza evolved or changed
through time?
• How does one prepare pizza? What
is the process?
• What other foods are related to
pizza?
• What is the cultural impact of pizza
today?
• What are some current issues or
controversies that revolve around
pizza?
 RESEARCH ACTIVITY:

• Brainstorm questions you would need to

answer if your topic was Social Media
STEP 2. SOURCES
 FINDING SOURCES

• A source is the content that you read, look at, or

explore that provides you with evidence for your
research conclusions
 PRIMARY VS. SECONDARY
SOURCES

• Primary source: A document written or created in the place

and time under study.
• Original Documents: Official publications, speeches,
interviews, official records, diaries
• Creative Works: Poetry, plays, novels, music, art
• Secondary source: Interprets or analyzes primary sources.
Not created in the time and place under study.
• Textbooks, articles, encyclopedias, analysis, etc.
 EXAMPLES: PRIMARY OR SECONDARY?

• The Declaration of Independence

• A speech before the UN General Assembly
• Book written about the Guerra Civil, published in
2010
• New York Times article on the UN’s response to
the Climate Crisis
• A UN publication on the Syrian refugee crisis
• A blog about being a teacher in Spain
 RESEARCH CONTINUED:
PLAGIARISM & WORKS CITED
 REVIEW: SOURCES

Turn in your 2 research

questions about Healthcare
around the world!

-Credible Source
-Primary Source
-Secondary Source
 IS THE SOURCE USEFUL?

• Relevance of source:
• Does the source address your research
questions?
• Can you understand what is being said?
• Is the site user-friendly? Do the links work?
• Does it give a date the information was
created or last updated?
 IS THE SOURCE RELIABLE?

A Credible Source: a credible source is one that is unbiased and is backed up with
evidence. A researcher can trust or believe the source and the author’s evidence.

• Credibility of source:
• Why was this site created? Is there any bias?
• Who is responsible for this site? What are their credentials?
• Does the author document his/her own sources?

• Look at the URL ending

.com (Commercial websites) .gov (Government websites)

.org (Non-profit websites) .edu (Academic

ARE THESE SOURCES RELIABLE?
 PLAGIARISM

• Plagiarism: to use the words or ideas

of another person as if they were your
own words or ideas
• Types of plagiarism:
• Copying: Using another author’s work
word-for-word
• Paraphrasing: Changing a few words
from an author’s work, but maintaining
the essential concept without citing
their work
• Incorrectly quoting or citing a source
Consequences of plagiarism:

FAILURE OF ASSIGNMENT
 HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM

• 1. SUMMARIZE
• You must reference the
original source
• Your summary should be
shorter than the text you are
summarizing
• You must use your own
words, sometimes with
quotations
• Take good notes!
 HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM

• QUOTE
• You must reference the original source
• You must use the author’s exact words and
put quotation marks around them
• You must include the page number of the
source from which you borrowed the
author’s original language
 SUMMARY OF RESEARCH
PROCESS

Approach a topic with curiosity and questions

Decide what information you need to become an “expert” in the field / topic

Consider a wide range of sources that can provide you with different
perspectives of your topic

Determine which sources are credible

Read and explore your sources

Take notes on the most important pieces of information

Keep track of your sources and make a Works Cited!

 HOMEWORK

The assignment is to:

1. Come up with 2 research questions about the topic. What
do you need or want to know?
2. Find one source that is a credible source for the topic and
explain why it is trustworthy
3. Find one source that is not a good source for the topic and
explain why it isn’t good (Wikipedia doesn’t count)
4. Create a citation for ONE of your sources
Topic: Health care around the world